Oakland News

With four barns that display quilt squares in Garrett County, visitors can take a self-guided tour and see the two barns in Accident, one in McHenry and one in Deer Park.

The Maryland Public Service Commission has approved an application to build a 50-megawatt wind energy farm atop Backbone Mountain near Oakland in Garrett County .

Operators of vacation rental homes near Deep Creek Lake are fighting a plan that could increase the hotel tax in the resort area.

The Youghiogheny River has served as an inspiration for a number Fred Peacocka TMs oil paintings.

World Series of Poker: No. 2, yahoo! Hands down, Moon's magic ride ends in a second PHOTOS Serious dough: Darvin Moon, from Oakland, Md., won second place and $5.18 million though he's a self-taught amateur.

Darvin Moon's storybook run at the World Series of Poker Main Event did not have a happy ending for the lumberjack from Oakland, Md.

A 21-year-old professional poker player from Michigan hit a lucky king to cap a nearly impossible comeback at the World Series of Poker Sunday morning, setting up a showdown with a self-employed logger for $8.55 million.

Saydi Whiteman had a match-high 19 service points and Aliesha Porter led the attack with 13 kills as Frankfort swept Petersburg in the Class AA, Region II, Section 2 volleyball semifinals Wednesday evening.

Elections board meets today CUMBERLAND - The Allegany County Board of Elections wll meet today at 9 a.m in Suite 212 of the County Office Complex on Kelly Road.

Lucky bidders may receive a historic treat this Halloween as a 300-acre Oakland property goes up for auction.

Voters in Garrett County's Elbow precinct may find themselves going out of their way to make their voice heard during next year's election.

Two juveniles were taken to Garrett County Memorial Hospital Saturday following a traffic accident at the intersection of Maryland Highway and G Street.

Railroad crossing to close next week BURLINGTON, W.Va. - The railroad crossing on West Virginia Route 42 at Blaine, W.Va./Kitzmiller, Md., is being replaced, according to the West Virginia Division of Highways.

More affordable housing will be coming to Oakland soon thanks to the Liberty & Mews housing development on Liberty Road.

A wind farm proposed in mountainous Western Maryland that proponents say could be the first to be built in the state got an airing Wednesday before state regulators, where it ran into increasingly familiar turbulence from some residents concerned about safety and environmental effects.

Effective following Garrett Highlands Pipes and Drum's appearance in the Oct. 10 Autumn Glory Grand Feature parade in Oakland, Gerald McGee retired as the band's second pipe major.

A Baltimore man was found deceased Wednesday in a vehicle parked at the Oakland WalMart parking lot, according to the Garrett County Sheriff's Office.

Maryland utility regulators are expected to consider a proposal for a western Maryland wind energy project.

The victim is from Western Maryland. There's been another death in Maryland from the H1N1 flu virus.

An average of 15,291 vehicles traveled daily through downtown Oakland on U.S. Route 219, according to the 2008 Maryland State Traffic Count Division.